German media group fires Bild editor after damning press reports
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The German media group Axel Springer said on Monday that it has fired the editor-in-chief of the Bild newspaper, Julian Reichelt, for failing to "to maintain a clear boundary between private and professional matters" and being "untruthful to the Executive Board."
"Axel Springer SE has relieved Bild Editor-in-Chief Julian Reichelt of his duties with immediate effect," the company said in a statement. "As a result of press investigations, the company gained new knowledge in the last few days about Julian Reichelt's recent conduct."
The company commissioned a law firm to conduct an investigation into Reichelt's conduct earlier this year, but reinstated him after determining that he had not committed fireable offenses.
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